The Duke
of Wellington
Napoleon's match at Waterloo
And chief to Colonel By
By whom his path persists
In tandem built the rune of tides
swift waterway
Arthur Wellesley
The far-off Premier
whose counterpart now works
just down the trail where Ceremonial Guards
will tread
tarred cobblestones.
The Irish logger
Nicholas Sparks
Of land profuse
From whom old Bytown's grown
From kindly grants and generous loan
On whose estate
the central lender lies
of last resort and to expand
the wealth
of the whole state
The logger-turned-entrepreneur
who kept the monarchs' place in lane.
Victoria
the bonnie lass who gave away a
Queen dom just in name
Dominion ruled by proxy
so to speak
The Prince whose royal spouse signed off
The Prince whose royal child espoused the viceroy too
And never saw the land named after her or after him
Akin to giant lizard
dead before our time
named for this place.
Albert osaurus now lies
next to its siblings in the asphalt of the street
that bears its namesake's tag
James Dyson Slater
the impresario's son-in-law
Whose sis-in-law conceded memory By-law 2391
To Catholic knight
Sir Wilfrid Laurier
who balanced out the interests of
the dual state
of mind.
The roster goes with
Gloucester
township nearby
coupled
with Nepean
Sir Evan
The absent
Under-Secretary of Home
dealing with the colonies
honoured by the King
Represented by the energetic viceroy
Baron Lisgar
who mediated wisely for the realm
who rallied for the fusion of the land
Remembered By the Colonel
Remembered By the Cooper
dynasty
that overlooked the care
Rideau Canal's
Rideau Annals
that date
from Paul
Robert
and Frederick P.
And dynasties lead to the 12th the Duke
of Somerset
The First Lord
of the Admiralty
admiring the Whig of peerage
Another figurehead to hail
The Duke
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